While the majority of Goldstein's publications introduce Westerners to primarily Theravada concepts, practices and values, his 2002 work, One Dharma, explored the creation of an integrated framework for the Theravada, Tibetan and Zen traditions.[4]

1965: Entered the Peace Corps in Thailand, where he first became interested in Buddhism. After the Peace Corps, he spent most of the next seven years in India studying and practicing Buddhist meditation

Goldstein had original experiences of realisation concerning the word 'unborn' and an experience of zero and of no self.[7][8] He makes a 3-month meditation retreat most years.[9] He says the peace and happiness we experience has to do with the quality of our minds, not our possessions.[10] His book Mindfulness is based on the Satipatthana Sutta, a Buddhist text.[11]